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Category Archives: Unwanted Repetitive Episodes
Unwanted Repetitive Episodes — Breaking loose at Choice Points
Unwanted repetitive episodes (URPs or UREPs for short) are the patterns we develop with people at work, at home, in friendships and even with acquaintances. They’re unwanted because they’re dysfunctional. I’ve written about them in my books on politics at … Continue reading
Can’t Get A Word in Edgewise This Holiday Season?
Social interaction increases at this time of year at work and at holiday activities. It’s a good time to assess whether people listen to what you have to say. Or, whether you might be monopolizing conversations. On Big Think today, … Continue reading
When Persuasion is Not and Option
On the front page of Huffington Post you’ll find “The Common Ground Fallacy.” It explores what happens to a government, actually to any organization, when persuasion is no longer an option, when it has to give way to two … Continue reading
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How We Limit the Calibre of Our Thinking
When I teach persuasion or negotiation, the first day of class I write a word on the board. That word is “assume.” It is the enemy of effective persuasion and negotiation, and yet most of us rely on assumptions much … Continue reading
Vulnerability as a Skill
“The Power of Vulnerability” is my latest post on Big Think. We don’t often think of vulnerability as anything other than something to be avoided. Yet, communication cannot work effectively if none of the parties involved is willing to relinquish … Continue reading
Navigating This Blog (Also a few thoughts on insult vs. offense)
Thought I’d remind anyone coming by for the first time that categories of blog types are listed in the right column of this page. If you’re looking for more on communication or suggestions specific to women, for example, you can … Continue reading
Google VP Megan Smith and URPs in the Way of Women Engineers
My last blog looked at the challenges women in academia face getting ahead in a number of fields. Rather than conscious discrimination, though that exists, women business and academic leaders are talking about unconscious patterns or habits that keep women … Continue reading